What’s Bred in the Bone (1985) by Robertson Davies, No 2 in The Cornish Trilogy. Penguin Books, 2011 (1991). ‘That alchemy is a pretty kind of game Somewhat like tricks o’ the cards to cheat a man With charming.’ — ‘The Alchemist’ (1610) by Ben Johnson. This, the absorbing central title in Robertson Davies’s Cornish … Continue reading The Alchemical Master| Calmgrove
The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies (1988). No 3 in The Cornish Trilogy, Penguin, 2011 (1991). “The lyre of Orpheus opens the door of the underworld of feeling.” — E T A Hoffman. The third volume of Robertson Davies’s Cornish Trilogy follows The Rebel Angels and What’s Bred in the Bone in being mostly … Continue reading Snark or Boojum? #ReadingRobertsonDavies| Calmgrove Books